Ingleside Man Dies After His Car Hits Side Of House

February 23, 1993|By John Gorman.

Lake Villa — An Ingleside man died of multiple traumatic injuries over the weekend after his car struck a house in an unincorporated area west of town, a spokesman for the Lake County Coroner's Office said Monday.

Lawrence Holt, 40, of 35018 N. Knollwood Ave. was southbound on Illinois Highway 59 Friday evening when his compact car struck another vehicle as it was turning into a private driveway, said Lake County Deputy Sheriff Robert Bell.

Holt's car bounced off the other car, crossed the road, cut across a front yard and slammed into the side of a ranch-style house at 39319 N. Illinois Highway 59, Bell said. No one was at home at the time, said Lake Villa Fire Chief Frank Slazes.

Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Jim Wipper said Holt suffered so many serious injuires that the cause of death was listed as "multiple traumatic injuries." The driver of the other car was uninjured, authorities said.

Holt worked for Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago as a quality assurance technician, a company spokeswoman said.